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Broken RecordVoicesRevisiting: Raphael Saadiq Today we’re revisiting a conversation with R&B great Raphael Saadiq. Since this conversation aired, Raphael’s brother and bandmate in trio Tony! Toni! Toné!, D’Wayne Wiggins, passed away.
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Broken RecordVoicesGrace Cummings Australian singer-songwriter Grace Cummings has one of those voices that’s hard to forget. It’s raw, powerful and deeply expressive, capable of moving from a delicate whisper to a full-throated roar.
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Broken RecordVoicesRevisiting: Patti Smith Broken Record re-wind: Today we’re throwing it back to a conversation Malcolm Gladwell had with the one and only Patti Smith. Patti is the consummate downtown NYC artist.
Broken RecordVoicesSusanna Hoffs Susanna Hoffs rose to fame in the 1980s as the lead singer and guitarist of the Bangles, the Los Angeles band behind hits like “Manic Monday,” “Walk Like an Egyptian” and “Eternal Flame.
Broken RecordVoicesThe American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic | Malcolm Gladwell's New Audiobook The United States has far more homicides than any of its peers around the world. Why? In his new audiobook book, The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic, Malcolm Gladwell explores…
Broken RecordVoicesElvis Costello Elvis Costello seemed to arrive fully formed with his 1977 debut, My Aim Is True . The look, the voice, the wordplay and the attitude were already there, along with songs like “Alison,” “Watching the…
Broken RecordVoicesSonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo helped transform the possibilities of the electric guitar at a time when its role in rock music could seem well established.
Broken RecordVoicesBrandon Flowers Brandon Flowers’ new album, Thrasher , is a beautifully written ode to the Southwest where he grew up.
Broken RecordVoicesTom Morello Tom Morello arrived in Los Angeles from Libertyville, Illinois, in the mid-1980s with a Harvard political science degree in his pocket and a guitar slung across his back, determined to become the…
Broken RecordVoicesDavid Porter David Porter's story goes well beyond writing songs and releasing albums for Stax Records. His recent memoir, The Soul Man , tells how he and his partner Isaac Hayes helped invent a sound rich and…
Broken RecordVoicesTravis Barker Travis Barker grew up in Fontana, California, and was gifted his first drum kit at the age of four from his mother, who made him promise before she died that he would never stop playing.
Broken RecordVoicesInterpol's Daniel Kessler Daniel Kessler grew up between London, Paris, and Washington, D.C., listening to his older brother’s early UK rock records.
Broken RecordVoicesAlabama Shakes' Brittany Howard Brittany Howard has never been the type to do things quietly. Whether it was fronting Alabama Shakes with a voice that could fill a room and level it in the same breath, or striking out on her own…
Broken RecordVoicesWu-Tang v. Shaolin | From Revisionist History: The Staten Island Problem In Revisionist History's new season The Staten Island Problem, senior producer Ben Naddaff-Hafrey investigates the story of what was, at the time, the biggest secession movement in the U.S.
Broken RecordVoicesHarvey Mason Jr. Harvey Mason Jr. grew up steeped in music. His father, Harvey Mason Sr., was half of Herbie Hancock's Headhunters rhythm section and played on countless sessions through the '70s and '80s.
Broken RecordVoicesDaveed Diggs on the Need for Artistic Expression | From Who's With Me? with W. Kamau Bell My friend W. Kamau Bell has a new show out, Who's With Me?. Known for having conversations about the issues that divide, enrage, and confuse us, Kamau sits down with someone he admires to give them…
Broken RecordVoicesMelissa Auf der Maur Melissa Auf der Maur came of age in Montreal's bohemian art scene in the '80s and early '90s, at the very moment that alternative rock was becoming the defining sound of a generation.
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Broken RecordVoicesRewind: Johnny Marr Today we're revisiting a conversation with acclaimed British guitarist Johny Marr. Marr started playing guitar as a young teenager growing up in Manchester.
Broken RecordVoicesJoe Jackson Joe Jackson showed up in the late '70s UK New Wave scene, all nervous energy and biting wit, with hits like "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" putting him in the same conversation as Elvis Costello…
Broken RecordVoicesRadiohead’s Ed O’Brien Ed O'Brien has spent decades crafting some of the most textured, expansive guitar in modern rock. From the fragmented beauty of Kid A and Amnesiac to the experimental layers of The King of Limbs…
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Broken RecordVoicesEarth, Wind & Fire Just before the premiere of Earth, Wind & Fire's new Questlove-directed documentary , the three OGs of the group stopped by Broken Record: vocalist Phillip Bailey, singer and percussionist Ralph…
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Broken RecordVoicesThe New Pornographers The New Pornographers have never been easy to pin down. Since forming in Vancouver in the late ’90s, the band became one of the defining acts of the Canadian indie rock explosion.
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Broken RecordVoicesMopreme Shakur Mopreme Shakur is 2Pac's half-brother, a rapper, filmmaker, and record producer living at the intersection of revolutionary politics and hip-hop.
Broken RecordVoicesHardy Before Hardy was known as the breakout artist who pushed country music into hard rock territory, he was a self-proclaimed redneck from Philadelphia, Mississippi who studied songwriting at Middle…
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